Measuring and feeding mechanism.



vv. B. TAYLOR. Y

MEASURIIIG AND FBEDING MEGHANISM,

APPLIGTION FILED MAR.9,1912.

Patented Dec'. 29, 1914.

MQQESMQ UNITED STATES PATENT oEEIoE.

.WILLIAM E. TAYLOR, or EAs'rPon'r, MAINE, AssIGNon 'ro AMERICAN CAN COMPANY,

i E NEW YoEK, N. Y., A ooEroEATIoN or NEW JERSEY.

-iaEAsUEING AND" EEEEING MEGHANISM.

Specification of Letters IPatent. Patented Dec, 29, 1914.

Application niermann a, 1912. 'serial No. l682,690.

- To all whom itvmay concern:

Be 't known that I, WInLIAM E. TAYLOR, a c'itizen ofthe United States, residing in 'Eastport, inthe county of Washington and Statev 'of Maine, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Measuring and Feeding Mechanism, lof which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in measuring and feeding devices. i

The obJect of the invention is to provide a structure which shall be particularly adapted to the measuring` and feeding of definite quantities of' liquid, such, for in-,

stance, as oil to be fed to filled sardine cans.

Another object of the invention is to lprovide a measuring and feeding device w ich shall be operable only when a can to be filled vice. 'Still another object of the invention is to provide a structure which may be readily adjustable to measure and feed different quantities of material .to the receptacle'to be supplied thereby.

My inventionfur'ther consists in thexnovel construction` of parts .and devices and in the novel onmbinatlons .of parte and devices herein shown and described and more particularly specified in the claim. Inmany artswhere a substance is to be measured and fed to a can or receptacle, it is* lessential that the device be so constructed that when a can or receptacle is not presented to the measuring and feeding device, no material or substance will be fed or supplied by the device. This is especially true in the case where olive oil is to be supplied to filled sardine cans, inasmuch as canners are restricted in practice to a certain amount of oil for a given number of cans to be supplied, so that it becomesessential that none of the oilbe spilled or wasted. Further- 'f more, it is essential that the same amount of oil-.be supplied tol each can, and'g-it is desirablelthat a measuring and feeding device be -so"`onstructed that it may be readily ada ted to measure and feed'difl'erent quan- I tities to different sized cans.

One structure embodying my improvements comprises a measuring disk rotatable about a substantially horizontal axis, and having a plurality of measuring pockets or recesses in the periphery thereof radially arranged, each of said pockets being adapted Fig. 2 is a verticaL'sectiona iis presented to the measuring and feeding 20 to. register first with a. supply pipe and then with an outlet hole in a casing within which .the disk rotates, said outlet hole being disfeeding and measuring disk, taken at right angles to the sectional view shown in Fig. 2,

.andu on a somewhat smaller scale.

Int e drawings, 10 denotes a table or sup-v 1 port over which is adapted' to -run an endless conveyer 11, adapted to feed a plurality of can bodies 12, theconveyer 11 being pro- Y vided with a plurality of spaced fi'ngersor flights 13 adapted to engage `each can body andpropel the samefalong the table. The table is preferably provided with upstandingl guides 14 between whichthe can bodies are conveyed. Secured tothe tablelO is a bracket 15, having secured'theretoa vertically arranged, annular casing 16, the latter comprisin a removable plate 17 secured to a 4second p ate 18,.tlie latterbeing secured in any suitable manner tn the bracket 15. Rotatable Within the casing 16 is a circular disk '19, the latter being provided .with apluralityjof measuring pockets or recesses 20 located in the periphery of the disk 19 and arranged radially thereof. The casing 16fis Aprovidedwith an interiorljr threaded bushing 21 in which is threaded the end 22 of a feed pipe connected tovany suitable tank for containing theI liquid or oill to be measured and fed by the device. the pipe 22 being preferably provided withv a valve23. At the lower portion of 'the' casina` 16, there is provided an outlet hole 24-with which each 'of the pockets 20 is adapted to register in turn, the outlet hole 24 being located in line with and above the can bodies as they are conveyed beneath the -measurinal and` feeding device by the convever 11. The disk ,|19 is furthermore provided with a hub 25 in which are secured a pluralitv of radiallyl arranged arms 26, the number of the arms 26 corresponding to the number of measuring pockets 20, each of said arrns 26 being adaptn each of the pockets 2O is provided with a,

tapped hole 2 at the inner end thereof, in which is adapted 'to be threaded a screw 28, the latter being adapted to retain one or more Washers ordisks 29, Whereby'the 'cavpaeity of each of thedpmoek'etsQQyrnay' be varied as desired. v i 4 Many' changes and "Variations kmay be made in the structure and details of the' de- Vice Which l have described, yWithout, departing from the spirit' of the invention, and

all such ehanges'and modifications are ontemplated as fall lWithin the Scope of the appendedclaim,y s

`Almeasuring and feeding mechanism of the character described comprising, in cornbination: an annular casing arranged in a ,vertical plane and having an inlet near'the top 'thereof and an outlet at the bottom; a measuring disk rotatably mounted within said easing, said disk having a plurality of radially arranged measuring pockets in the periphery thereof, saidpoekets'b'eing adapt- I ed' to register successively with the inlet and outlet of thejcasing; a 'table over which said easing is' located; means for eoniieyingcans and the llke beneath said easing and over the "table, and means, automaticallyoperated by the'cans for imparting moyement to "said measuring disk, ,said means 'inelndingv a star Wheel, substantiallyas specified.

. VILLAM E'. TAYLOR.

i lVitnessesz.

WV. FOSTER, C. VJGIAHAM. 

